Grumpy Man - whipper snappers with too much energyThere are these podcasters that churn out more episodes than even God can listen to. It is beyond me how people like Travis Dow manages to even breath with 10 or so podcasts waiting for him to add content to ( podcastnik on Patreon ). When the incomparable ...

Grumpy man - what do you have against Patreon?As far as I can see all history podcasters are struggling to find the time and the money to put their baby out there. The rule is still that the podcasts are free and as long as I have been following the trade, podcasters have been looking for ways to gener...

There is more, but is it better?In case you did not notice, I was interviewed by Zack Twamley on his podcast When Diplomacy Fails . He asked me: "Did history podcasting get better since you began your blog?" My answer was YES, mostly because there are more history podcasts than ever and e...

Revisionist LicensingMalcom Gladwell's new podcast is called Revisionist History ( feed ) and this title instilled in me a slightly different expectation than what I got in the first episode. I was expecting either a revision of any widely accepted narrative, or a study of any ...

History of Oil - resurrected from podfadeWe have gone through this history in quite a number of podcasts: Sarajevo 1914, Pearl Harbor 1941 and even the fall of Mossadegh 1953, haven't we? How is it that I was glued to my iPod with these narratives all over again? I was listening to A History of Oi...

The History of Islam podcastThe most essential history podcast right now must be The History of Islam podcast ( feed ) by Elias Belhaddad. Current affairs have a very palpable presence of Islam and much of the history since the rise of Islam (and it rose at lightning speed) has a stro...

The History of Denmark podcastSøren Krarup is an 18 year old Danish high school student who is about to take his final exams and as a result there will be a one month hiatus in his podcast The history of Denmark ( feed ). No need to apologize, Søren ; what is a month? I have som many ot...